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C T TAYLOR A YLO R 1 THe The T In a robot similar to the T TITE teh television Islon machine pets gets pictures at nt places where h human man being cannot live such as ns at the bottom of ot the ocean or high up In the air The robot picks picks' up p the picture at nt atthe atthe the sea floor or In the thin air of ot high altitudes and transmits It by hy radio to toa toa toa a receiving machine that tra translates the electric waves Into it 11 i photograph The robot Is lowered I Into Into to the ocean and sent aloft In a It Is di directed directed dl- dl by men on the ground and when It Is pointed at the object to be photographed starts sending Its flashes of vibrations that are are recorded like the Image of a television broadcaster broadcaster broadcaster broad broad- caster Is recorded on the television receiving receiving re re- set The mechanism of the robot trans transmits trans colts mits the pictures direct from the object ob- ob being photographed without the necessity of making preliminary ex- ex It sends the electric Impulses Impulses' of the picture one at nt a time and they are picked up by the receiving ap apparatus nIr and flashed before a 1 camera A complete picture can be sent In one-eighth one of a second Equally Equall as ns remarkable In the eyes of most people Is the robot that sends photo photographs by telegraph and by ra ra- ra- ra dio The sending of pictures by telegraph telegraph tele tele- graph Is universally done nowadays When a great news event occurs In Ina Ina Ina a far distant country or In a part of ot the United States far tar from home photographs photographs pho pho- of It are sent In a few minutes minutes min utes to the newspapers that we read Pictures of the Inauguration of ot a new President of ot the United States In Washington are printed within an hour hourin in newspapers en on n the Pacific coast When there Is a n. great earthquake or other disaster In Europe or Asia these robots send the pictures to American AmerIcan American Amer Amer- ican by cable This Is a companion device to the radio for the speedy dissemination of news to the people of ot the thc world This sending of ot pictures by wire Is becoming an Important factor in busi busi- ness An engineering firm In NewYork New NewYork York city recently sent a set of complicated com com- placated mechanical drawings to San Francisco They arrived ed in time to enable the firm to complete a contract several days ahead of ot the specified time an and thereby made mae considerable profit for the firm The rhe latest fashions are arc sent by wire now Important financial announcements announcements announce ments are transmitted Just as the have haye been set up In type at nt the home office to prevent error In resetting the type where they are arc received Physicians send photo photographs of ot patients patients pa pa- showing conditions that need Immediate diagnosis Facsimiles of checks have transferred large sums of money In a few minutes when they have been transmitted by wire The robot frequently goes to the aid of ot the the police In catching criminals Photographs and even e en fingerprints fIn have been sent to distant cities clUes to aid aidIn aidIn aidin In the hunt for tor criminals This robot sends out electrical vi vibrations vibrations vi vi- one at a n time They are receIved received re rev by a device de attached to a writIng writIng writing writ- writ Ing pen that draws a line as each Impulse Impulse impulse im Im- pulse Is received The pitch of ot the vibration of ot each Impulse makes the theline theline theline line light or heavy y rhe These e lines are drawn very rapidly and when the entire entire en en- tire operation is completed In a few minutes there Is a picture that when photographed on a smaller scale Is a clear copy of the original picture The same device Is frequently used to transmit photographs by radio ralo sending the electrical Impulses through the air instead of or over wires But ut the wires so far tar have hove been found to give greater accuracy in reception A movie camera camern operated on a similar slim sim liar ilar principle Is being used b by the United States coast and geodetic survey survey sur sur- vey to take pictures of ot tides and water wa wa- water ter currents beneath the surface It does the work of ot several men and does it accurately The device e recently was submerged In Chesapeake bay hay to make studies of ot the tidal currents It contained u a compass compass com com- pass and a revolving dial din I on which the direction and strength of ot the currents currents currents cur cur- rents were recorded One picture was made mae each ench half halt hour and the machine worked steadily and without attention for a week at the bottom of Chesapeake Chesapeake Chesapeake peake bay Careful Analysis of ot the charts recorded aided in the planning of ot a sewage disposal plant 2 Wast Western ern Newspaper r Union |